Supporting people with alcohol and drug problems : making a difference / / Sarah Galvani

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464907003321
• Autore: Galvani Sarah
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-4473-0883-2; 1-4473-1443-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Collana: Social work in practice series
• Disciplina: 362.29186
• Soggetti: Alcoholism counseling; Drug abuse counseling; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Supporting people with alcohol and drug problems""; ""Contents""; ""List of tables, figures and boxes""; ""Tables""; ""Figures""; ""Boxes""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of abbreviations""; ""1. Setting the scene: alcohol and drugs in social work practice""; ""Introduction""; ""Prevalence of alcohol and other drug use""; ""History and relevance to social work practice""; ""Substance use and social work ethics and values""; ""Summary""; ""2. Working with people using substances""; ""Why people use alcohol and drugs""; ""Critical reflection""; ""Knowing enough""; ""Recognising substance use""; ""Engagement""""Assessment and intervention""; ""How to assess""; ""Positive support""; ""Summary""; ""3. Working with specialist substance use services""; ""Introduction""; ""Partnership working""; ""Models underpinning substance use interventions""; ""Structure of substance use services""; ""Accessing substance use services""; ""Referring to specialists""; ""Methods of intervention""; ""Summary""; ""4. Substance use among black and minority ethnic people""; ""Introduction""; ""Prevalence""; ""Risk and protective factors""; ""Policy initiatives""; ""Substance use treatment: barriers and access""""Good practice: assessment and intervention""; ""Traveller communities and substance use""; ""5. Substance use and parenting""; ""Introduction""; ""The policy context""; ""Impact on parenting""; ""Impact on children""; ""Risk and ; resilience""; ""Working with other family members""; ""Implications for practice: values, knowledge, skills""; ""Summary""; ""6. Domestic abuse and substance use""; ""Introduction""; ""The extent of overlap between substance use and domestic abuse""; ""Nature of the relationship""; ""The policy context""; ""Implications for practice""""Working with perpetrators""; ""Summary""; ""7. Older peopleâ€?s substance use""; ""Introduction""; ""Prevalence and patterns of substance use""; ""What difference does age make?""; ""Health impact""; ""Policy context""; ""Improving practice""; ""Intervention""; ""Barriers to practice with older substance users""; ""Summary""; ""8. Young peopleâ€?s substance use""; ""Introduction""; ""Patterns and perceptions of drug use""; ""Policy framework""; ""The law""; ""Reasons for substance use""; ""Risks and protective factors""; ""Assessment""; ""Intervention""; ""Good practice""""Summary""; ""9. Coexisting mental distress and substance use""; ""Introduction""; ""Terminology""; ""Is it a mental illness or not?""; ""The relationship between substance use and mental health""; ""How much overlap is there?""; ""Policy framework""; ""Working with both issues""; ""Assessment and risk assessment""; ""Interventions""; ""Supporting families and carers""; ""Summary""; ""10. Mind the gap: people with disabilities and substance use""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions""; ""Policy framework""; ""Links between substance use and disabilities""; ""Part 1 â€? Learning difficulties or disabilities""